--- title: No man might I see or hear, no wheat or barley grew there; 'tis the… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: No man might I see or hear, no wheat or barley grew there; 'tis the truth I tell ye, thither cometh no man save that he desire to cross the wide water in the ships that there lie ready. Who acts: man, wheat, I, heart. 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Weston, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, wheat, I, heart), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8447:8:10 # text = No man might I see or hear, no wheat or barley grew there; 'tis the truth I tell ye, thither cometh no man save that he desire to cross the wide water in the ships that there lie ready. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 thither thither ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | might | no man | | | | | I *nsubj*; tis the truth *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | infinitive | no man *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **grow** | past | no wheat or barley | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | the truth *not said here* | ye | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Recipient | | 5 | **come** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | thither *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **save** | infinitive | no man | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **desire** | | heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cross** | to-infinitive | no man *not said here* | the wide water | | | | in the ships | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Patient in ship=Topic | | 9 | **lie** | present | the ships | | | there | | ready *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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